Louis Bleriot Special Event Station

On the 25th of July 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a powered aircraft across the English Channel from Calais to Dover.

To mark this historic event the Dover Amateur Radio Club will be operating on all bands with the special event call GB100LB on the 25th and 26th of July.

We are hoping to make as many contacts as we can with French radio amateurs in particular while also hopefully generating lots of global contacts.

There will be lots of other activities off the White Cliffs of
Dover including, a display by the Red Arrows, a swarm of microlites crossing the Channel and an air race.

Three Bleriot replicas will also cross and land on the Duke of Yorks playing fields near to Dover Castle.

More information can be found on the web at www.dover2009.com